Bsi bip 2207 2010

Mervyn Richards

Bu i ld ing In formation Managemen t

A S tand a rd Framework an d G u ide to BS 1 1 92

A S tand a rd Fram ework and G u id e to B S 1 1 92 A S tanda rd Fram ewo rk and Gu i de to BS 1 1 92 Mervyn Rich ards • Between 25% and 30% of th e con struction co st that i s du e to in complete, inaccurate and amb igu ous prod uction i nformation can be sa ved . • Fi gures o f 1 8% redu ction in drawi ng costs have been d emonstrated and an ove ra l l cost benefi t of a t

least 1 0% on the contract sum . A S tand a rd Fram ework and G u id e to BS 1 1 9 2 Mervyn Richards

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Bu i ld ing Informa?on

Management

A Standa rd Framework and

Gu ide to BS 1192

Mervyn Richa rd s

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Acknowledgements

Produc?on Informa?on : A code of procedure for the construc?on industry, pub l i shed by

CP IC (www.CP I C.org .u k) .

PIX Protocol Guide and Toolkit, pub l i shed by the Bu i ld ing Cen tre Tru st . N ow ava i l ab le from

the CP IC webs i te ( see above ) .

Avan?, ICT Co l l abora?ve Working: Too l ki t documen ts . Con stru c?ng Exce l len ce 2004 . N ow

ava i l ab le from the CP I C webs i te (see above ) .

M any of the im ages in th i s gu ide a re ba sed on those first pub l i shed in CP IC ’s Produc?on

Informa?on : A code of procedure for the construc?on industry (2003 ) and BS 1192 : 2007

documen ta?on or by MR1 Con su l?ng Ltd .

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Con ten ts

Preface xv

1 Introduc?on 1

2 Produc?on informa?on for the construc?on industry 3

2 .1 Ro les and respon s ib i l i?es 4

2 .2 Common Da ta Envi ronmen t (CDE ) 4

2 .3 Stand a rd M ethod and Proced u re (SM P ) 5

3 Defin i?ons 7

4 Ro les and responsib i l i?es 13

4.1 Des ign Coord in a?on M an ager (a l so known a s the

Des ign M an ager on some con tra cts) 13

4.2 Lead Des igner 13

4.3 Ta sk Team M an a ger 14

4.4 I n terfa ce M an ager 14

4.5 Pro ject I n form a?on M an a ger 14

4.6 CAD Coord in a tor 14

4.7 CAD M an ager 15

4.8 So?wa re vers ion s 16

4.9 CAD checking too l s 16

5 The Common Data Environment (CDE ) 17

5 .1 Fun c?on a l sec?on s of the CDE 20

5 .1 .1 Work- in - progress 20

5 .1 .2 Sh a red 24

5 .1 .3 Pub l i shed documen ta?on 28

5 .1 .4 The pu rpose of the ‘D ’ cod e 29

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5 .1 .5 Arch ive 36

5 .1 .6 The d i stribu ted CDE for pro ject and

programme 40

5 .2 B IM and the Common Da ta Envi ronmen t 40

6 Standa rd Method and Procedu re 47

6 .1 F i le n am ing 47

6 .1 .1 F i l e id en?fiers 47

6 .1 .1 .1 Documen t/d rawin g descriptor 48

6 .1 .1 .2 G raph i c/mod e l file d escriptor 48

6 .1 .1 . 3 Al l other documen ts 49

6 .1 .2 F ie l d n ame d efin i?on s 50

6 .1 .2 .1 Pro ject 50

6 .1 .2 .2 Origin a tor 51

6 .1 .2 .3 Zone 52

6 .1 .2 .4 Leve l /loca?on 59

6 .1 .2 .5 F i l e type 60

6 .1 .2 .6 Ro l e codes 60

6 .1 .2 .7 N umber 63

6 .1 .2 .8 F i l e - id en?fier examp les 64

6 .1 . 3 F i le - iden?fier metad a ta 65

6 .1 . 3 .1 Sta tu s 67

6 .1 . 3 .2 Revi s ion 67

6 .1 . 3 .3 Vers ion 68

6 .2 Orig in and orien ta?on 68

6 .2 .1 Coord in a tes 68

6 .2 .2 Spa?a l coord in a?on 69

6 .2 .3 Bu i l d in g grid s 69

6 .2 .4 S i te su rveys 70

6 .2 .5 Al ignmen t of the bu i l d ing to rea l - world

coord in a tes 70

6 .2 .6 Examp le of bu i l d ing a l ignmen t 72

6 .2 .7 D imen s ion a l con s i sten cy 72

6 . 3 Drawing sheet temp l a tes 73

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6 .3 .1 Drawing ?t le b lock a?ribu tes/ta gs 73

6 .3 .2 M ode l ?t l e b lock 74

6 .3 . 3 Drawing sheet s i zes 77

6 .3 .4 Drawing sheet sca l es 77

6 .4 Layer stand a rd s 78

6 .4.1 Ro l e 78

6 .4.2 E l emen t/c l a ss ifica?on 79

6 .4. 3 Presen ta?on 79

6 .4.4 Descrip?on /a l ia s 80

6 .4. 5 Extra ct from BS 1192 80

6 . 5 Annota?on 81

6 . 5 .1 D imen s ion s 82

6 . 5 .2 Abbrevia?on s 82

6 . 5 . 3 Symbo l s 82

7 Specifica?on 85

7 .1 M a ster spec ifica?on system s 86

7 .2 System so?wa re 87

8 Imp l ica?ons of design management 89

8 .1 Time and resou rce programm ing 90

8 .2 Approva l of in form a?on 92

Append ix A Ma ster document index temp late 95

Append ix B Process maps 97

B .1 Crea?n g a mode l fil e 98

B .2 Sh a ring a mod e l file 99

B . 3 Coord in a?ng mod e l fil es 100

B .4 Tran sfer of ownersh ip 101

B .5 Crea?n g a d rawin g rend i?on 102

B .6 Des ign team s ign - off process 103

B .7 Approva l rou te – sta ge 2 104

B .8 Approva l rou te – sta ge 3 105

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Append ix C Consu l tant ’s techn ica l systems

ques?onna ire 107

Append ix D Pro ject team member ques?onna ire 109

Append ix E Drawing sheet temp late 111

Append ix F Mea su remen ts and benefits 115

F.1 Pro ject resu l ts – overview report 115

F.1 .1 I n trod u c?on 115

F.2 Key mea su red impa cts 116

F.2 .1 I nvestmen t req u i red 116

F.2 .2 Retu rn on investmen t 116

F. 3 Commen ta ry 117

F. 3 .1 I nvestmen t req u i red 117

F. 3 .2 Retu rn on investmen t 118

F. 3 .3 Req uest for in form a?on (RF I ) an a l ys i s on

a s ing le core pro ject 119

F.4 Emerging themes 120

F.4.1 Be l ief 120

F.4.2 Ach ievin g payba ck on a s in g l e pro ject 120

F.4.3 F ixed , s in g l e ind u stry- wide Avan? CDE/SM P

or a flexib le approa ch ? 121

F.4.4 M od e l fil es and the i r impa cts 121

F.4. 5 Leve l of ch a l l en ge 122

F.4.6 I n crea se in qu a l i ty of in form a?on 123

F.4.7 Con seq uen?a l benefits 123

F.4.8 Wh ich pro jects a re most l ike l y to benefit

from Avan?? 124

F.4.9 Benefits and ri sks of a <100 per cen t

Avan? imp lemen ta?on 124

F.4.10 N eed for a c?ve , independ en t support

and coa ch in g 125

Con ten ts

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Append ix G Abbrevia?ons 127

Append ix H References and fu rther read ing 133

Stand a rd s pub l i ca?on s 133

Other pub l i ca?on s 134

Append ix I Con tact deta i l s 135

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F igu res

1 : H igh - l eve l Common Da ta Envi ronmen t 18

2 : CDE expand ed descrip?on 22

3 : Examp l e work- in -progress a rch i tects ’ mode l s 24

4: Arch i tects ’ mod e l s up load ed for sh a ring 26

5 : Sh a rin g mode l fil es 27

6 : Coord in a?n g mode l fil es 27

7 : U p load in g stru ctu ra l mode l s 30

8 : Arch i tect ’s remova l of d up l i ca te l ayers 31

9 : Con cu rren t and i tera?ve up load s and down load s 32

10: Crea?ng d rawin gs from sh a red mode l s 34

11 : Sta tu s D 37

12 : Arch ive sec?on of the CDE 38

13 : CDE in team envi ronmen t 41

14: CDE in programme envi ronmen t 42

15 : The B IM deve lopmen t process 45

16 : Deve lopmen t of iB IM con ten t 46

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17 : Examp l es of zones 52

18 : 3D mod e l s th a t re l a te to a zone re l a?n g to a core 54

19 : G round floor s l abs , co lumn s , sta i rs – wa l l s 55

20 : Second floor a s first – and th i rd floor – a s sepa ra te

referen ce files 55

21 : Comp leted a rch i tectu ra l sta i rca se core 56

22 : Stru ctu ra l – found a?on s and floor l i? a s defined by

stru ctu ra l frame a ssemb ly 56

23 : Comp leted stru ctu ra l sta i rca se core 56

24: G round floor d u ctwork and grou nd floor ri sers +

a rch i tectu ra l fabri c 57

25 : Du ctwork + a rch i tectu ra l + stru ctu ra l for two

floor l i?s 57

26 : Comp l ete core a l l d i sc ip l ines 58

27 : Examp les of zones in a bu i l d in g 58

28 : Ca rtes ian coord in a te system 69

29 : Bu i ld in g grid d efin i?on 71

30 : S i te grid defin i?on 71

31 : Al ignmen t of the bu i l d ing to the rea l -world

coord in a tes 71

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32 : Bu i ld in g grid and se?n g ou t po in ts 72

33 : Drawin g sheet ?t le b lock 75

34: M ode l file 76

35 : M ode l file ?t le b lock 76

36 : Some stand a rd symbo l s 83

37 : S imp l ified ?me and resou rce programme 91

38 : Crea?ng a mode l fil e 98

39 : Sh a ring a mode l file 99

40 : Coord in a?ng mod e l fil es 100

41 : Tran sfer of l ayer ownersh ip 101

42 : Crea?n g a d rawing rend i?on 102

43 : Des ign team approva l sta ge 1 103

44: Approva l rou te : stage 2 104

45 : Approva l rou te : stage 3 105

Con ten ts

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Tab les

1 : Defin i?on of term s 7

2 : Ass igned ro les 15

3 : Pro ject codes 51

4: Examp le of origin a tor codes 51

5 : Leve l codes 60

6 : F i l e types – for d rawings and mod e l s 61

7 : F i l e types – for documen ts 61

8 : Ro l e codes ( from BS 1192 ) 62

9 : Sta tu s codes 66

10 : Examp les for pu rpose of i ssue 67

11 : Se?ng ou t a bu i ld in g grid 72

12 : Drawing sheet s i zes 77

13 : Drawing sheet sca l es 77

14: Examp le of l ayer n ame cod es 78

15 : Presen ta?on cod es from BS 1192 79

16 : Approva l s stages for a mode l file 92

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17 : MD I temp l a te 96

18 : Examp l e l i st of abbrevia?on s 127